Soviet Navy

The Soviet Navy (Russian: ??????-??????? ???? ????, Voyenno-morskoy flot SSSR, literally "Naval military forces of the USSR") was the naval arm of the Soviet armed forces. Often referred to as the Red Fleet, the Soviet Navy would have been instrumental in any perceived Warsaw Pact role in an all-out war with NATO when it would have to stop the naval convoys bringing reinforcements over the Atlantic to the Western European theatre. Such a conflict never occurred, but the Soviet Navy still saw considerable action during the Cold War. The Soviet Navy was divided into several major fleets Northern Fleet, the Pacific Ocean Fleet, the Black Sea Fleet, and the Baltic Fleet. The Caspian Flotilla was a semi-independent formation administratively under the Black Sea Fleet command while the Soviet Indian Ocean Squadron drew its units from and was under the jurisdiction of the Pacific Ocean Fleet. Other components included the Naval Aviation, Naval Infantry (their equivalent of marines) and coastal artillery. The Soviet Navy was reformed into the Russian Navy after the end of the Cold War in 1991.

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Russian - Naval - Soviet - Armed forces - Warsaw Pact - NATO - Cold War - Northern Fleet - Pacific Ocean Fleet - Black Sea Fleet - Baltic Fleet - Caspian Flotilla - Indian Ocean Squadron - Naval Aviation - Naval Infantry - Marines - Coastal artillery - Russian Navy - 1991

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